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- Micro-USB to be universal EU phone charger
- In a brave move, the vast majority of mobile phone manufacturers in Europe have signed an agreement which sees future mobile phones across a variety of brands and models all sharing the same charger port - the micro-USB. This means every phone you will find in Europe, starting next year...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Agreement, European Union, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in Europe
- News.com reported Wednesday that Microsoft plans to strip Internet Explorer from sales of Windows 7 in Europe. Redmond plans to basically draw an artificial line in the sand and say, "Ooops, no IE in this Windows! But, uh, if OEMs just happen want to install a browser with the operating...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, Europe, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Microsoft proposes launching an IE-free Windows 7 'E' in Europe
- Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission EC regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union. According to News.com, Microsoft's newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Softies, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- EU wants MSFT to put other browsers in Windows
- Microsoft's plans for Windows 7 to allow users to disable Internet Explorer don't go far enough, the EU is thinking. CRN reports that the Wall Street Journal reports that the EU wants to force Microsoft to bundle other browsers - I'm thinking Opera and Firefox - with Windows. A startup...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, MSFT, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- MSFT passed on chance to speak to EU's top antitrust official
- Hmm ... makes you wonder what they're afraid of. The New York Times -- reporting on the news this blog that Microsoft would not make oral arguments in the small matter of whether the embedding of Internet Explorer in Windows constitutes anticompetitive behavior -- revealed that Neelie Kroes, the competition...
- Tags: Commission, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., European Union, MSFT, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- U.S. v. E.U. on global warming...still
- Some hail the current version of the energy security act as a major step forward in American policy on global warming. It's not going to get an upbeat greeting in Europe, one of the world's largest economies. The proposed American law has only passed one House committee so far,...
- Tags: Interest Rate, Europe, Greenhouse Gas, Global Warming, European Union, American Law, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Microsoft won't bother with EU hearing
- Microsoft wanted the European Commission to reschedule a hearing at which Redmond would be be able to defend itself against the EU's conclusion that tying IE to Windows is anticompetitive. The reason: Microsoft's top antitrust staff would be attending a big conference in Zurich. The EU declined....
- Tags: Commission, Zurich, Microsoft Corp., European Union, Sales Force Management, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuits
- Look for lawsuits filed in Europe from AMD and others now that the EU has found Intel was very, very bad. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Lawsuit, Intel Corp., European Union, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?
- AMD has been broadcasting the EU's $1.45 billion antitrust fine against Intel for nearly a week. AMD is touting the EU ruling almost a week after the antitrust commission hammered Intel. As Brooke Crothers notes, AMD's EU chatter borders on gloating. Check out AMD's home page: ...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Corporate Law, Benefits, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case
- The EU has decided to fine chip giant Intel a massive $1.45 billion (€1.06 billion for the Europeans out there) for allegedly locking AMD out of the chip market by giving large OEMs discounts on chips. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., European Union, Chip, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for Microsoft
- Microsoft and Intel are taking it on the chin in Europe these days. On Wednesday, the EU is expected to bring down a heavy fine on Intel for its myriad anticompetitive activities at the expense of AMD. The Wall Street Journal reports it will be one of the biggest fines...
- Tags: Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., European Union, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-05-10
- Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?
- Zack forwarded me a link to a rather interesting BBC News item on how the EU is setting caps on text messaging, data roaming, and voice calls. As a US wireless carrier subscriber I was a bit surprised to read that government officials are able to set maximum limits wireless...
- Tags: Wireless Carrier, Subscriber, U.S. Government, European Union, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Athens Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)
- This free screensaver contains many pictures of Athens. Athens the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world s oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. The Greek capital has a population of 745,514 (in 2001) within its administrative limits and...
- Tags: City, Greece, Population, European Union, CityScreensaver, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-04-07
- EU lightens up on Microsoft
- Ad hoc monitoring will now be sufficient, EU says. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., European Union, Web Browsers, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Fujitsu Siemens aims for zero-watt desktop milestone
- It doesn't seem at all strange to me that some of the next great green innovations at the desktop level will come from one of Europe's premier technology companies, Fujitsu Siemens. After all, the European Union has been far more aggressive about adopting and embracing green technology than notoriously skeptical...
- Tags: Fujitsu Siemens, European Union, Desktops, Branding, Hardware, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- AXIGEN Mail Server: Complying With European Union and United States Data Retention Policies
- This paper describes how the Axigen messaging solution is in compliance with both United States and European Union currently effective laws and policies related to data retention and data preservation. These measures were adopted by service providers mainly to minimize the risk of deletion or modification of records and communications....
- Tags: Messaging, European Union, Axigen Messaging Solution, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Business Services, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-02-06
- Co-operative carbon trading with Obama's US?
- Those wild-eyed optimists over in Europe actually think they might come up with a scheme that would have the U.S.and E.U. co-operating in trying to curtail CO2 emissions. Clearly this is an Obama-dependent idea. The E.U. implemented its own carbon-trading program in 2005 and now...
- Tags: U.S., Greenhouse Gas, European Union, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Remote search and the invisible elephant
- The EU recently awarded someone 300,000 euros to implement a police web site indexing home computers - extending the "in plain sight" argument for police intervention on the street to the information highway. In reviewing what's been written about this the most striking thing is that everyone knows how...
- Tags: Police, British Broadcasting Corp., Computer, European Union, Productivity, Internet, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Remote search and the invisible elephant
- The EU recently awarded someone 300,000 euros to implement a police web site indexing home computers - extending the "in plain sight" argument for police intervention on the street to the information highway. In reviewing what's been written about this the most striking thing is that everyone knows how...
- Tags: Police, British Broadcasting Corp., Computer, European Union, Productivity, Internet, Desktops, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-01-28
- Microsoft worried about EU pressure to bundle alternatives to IE
- The eagle-eyed folks over at PC Pro have gone through the Microosft's latest filing to the SEC and discovered something interesting - that the Redmond giant is already worried about possible EU penaties that could see competing browsers being installed into the Windows OS by Microsoft or OEMs. by Adrian...
- Tags: Commission, OEM, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Sales, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-01-26

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